INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Pittman Jr. is on a mission.
Again.
Before last season, Pittman Jr. set a simple, but lofty goal — he wanted to double his stats in every major category after a 40-catch, 503-yard rookie season that produced flashes but only one touchdown.
Pittman Jr. responded by ripping off 88 catches, 1,082 yards and six touchdowns, fully establishing himself as the heir apparent the Colts have been trying to find to fill the No. 1 receiver role left open by T.Y. Hilton.
But Pittman Jr. is not satisfied, and the third-year wide receiver is aware he still has critics, voices who doubt his ability to be a true No.